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| Born : | 08/08/1988 | Beatrice E M, Princess of England |
| Born : | 10/24/1988 | Daniel Shalikar, actor (Honey I Blew Up the Kids) |
| Born : | 01/14/1988 | Jamie Altman, son of Lynda Carter & Robert Altman |
| Born : | 10/24/1988 | Joshua Shalikar, actor (Honey I Blew Up the Kids) |
| Born : | 08/16/1988 | Rumer Willis, child of Bruce Willis & Demi Moore |
| Born : | 12/01/1988 | Zoe Kravitz, daughter of Lisa Bonet & Lenny Kravitz |
| Died : | 01/05/1988 | "Pistol Pete" Mavarich, basketball player dies at 40 of a heart attack |
| Died : | 08/10/1988 | Adela Rogers St John, journalist (Free Soul, Honeycomb), dies at 94 |
| Died : | 07/04/1988 | Adrian Adonis, WWF wrestler, killed in auto accident |
| Died : | 09/12/1988 | Alan Bible, (Sen-D-Nev, 1954-74), dies at 78 |
| Died : | 08/09/1988 | Alan Napier, (Alfred the Butler-Batman), dies at 85 |
| Died : | 12/07/1988 | Andrei P Ershov, Russian computer pioneer, dies |
| Died : | 05/15/1988 | Andrew Duggan, actor, dies of cancer at 64 |
| Died : | 03/10/1988 | Andy Gibb, singer, dies at 30 of heart infection |
| Died : | 08/11/1988 | Anne Ramsey, actress, dies (Throw Mama From Train) of cancer at 59 |
| Died : | 08/10/1988 | Arias Arnulfo, 3 time president of Panama, dies at 86 |
| Died : | 04/23/1988 | Arthur Michael, Lord Ramsey/archbishop of Canterbury, dies |
| Died : | 06/25/1988 | Axis Sally, [Mildred E Gillars], US nazi propagandist (WW II), dies |
| Died : | 07/09/1988 | Barbara Woodhouse, dog trainer, dies at 78 of a stroke |
| Died : | 08/15/1988 | Barry Bingham Sr, US daily newspaper publisher, dies at 82 |
| Died : | 09/25/1988 | Billy Carter, Pres Carter's brother Billy, dies of cancer at 51 |
| Died : | 10/07/1988 | Billy Daniels, singer, dies of cancer at 73 |
| Died : | 01/06/1988 | Brent Collins, actor, dies at 46 of a heart attack |
| Died : | 04/09/1988 | Brook Benton, singer, dies at 56 of meningitis |
| Died : | 07/17/1988 | Bruiser Brody, wrestler, stabbed to death |
| Died : | 05/01/1988 | Carroll Righter, astrologer, dies at 88 of postrate cancer |
| Died : | 09/29/1988 | Charles Addams, cartoonist (Addams Family), dies at 76 of heart attack |
| Died : | 01/24/1988 | Charles Glenn King, biochemist (discovered vitamin C), dies at 91 |
| Died : | 05/13/1988 | Chet Baker, jazz trumpeter fell to death out of a hotel window at 59 |
| Died : | 01/13/1988 | Ching-Kao Chiang, president of Taiwan, dies at 81 |
| Died : | 11/19/1988 | Christine Onassis, heiress, dies of heart failure at 37 |
| Died : | 06/05/1988 | Clarence M Pendleton, chairman of comm on Civil Rights (1981-88) dies |
| Died : | 04/25/1988 | Clifford D[onald] Simak, sci-fi author (Hugo, Way Station), dies at 83 |
| Died : | 02/02/1988 | Clive Epstein, brother of Brian Epstein, dies at 51 |
| Died : | 04/09/1988 | Dave Prater, singer, dies at 50 in an auto accident |
| Died : | 05/23/1988 | David Schoenbrun, CBS broadcast bureau head (Wash, Paris), dies at 73 |
| Died : | 06/22/1988 | Dennis Day, Jack Benny Show singer, dies of Lou Gehrigs disease at 71 |
| Died : | 12/10/1988 | Dick Clair, comedian (Clair & McMahon, Facts of Life) dies of aids |
| Died : | 05/21/1988 | Dino Conte Grandi, Italy, delegate to league of nations, dies at 92 |
| Died : | 10/09/1988 | Edward Chodorov, playwright/director (Louis Pasteur), dies at 84 |
| Died : | 07/15/1988 | Eleanor Estes, author (Ginger Pye, Moffats), dies at 82 |
| Died : | 06/06/1988 | Ella Raines, actress, dies of throat cancer at 67 |
| Died : | 07/29/1988 | Ellin Berlin [MacKay], Mrs Irving Berlin, dies at 86 |
| Died : | 08/14/1988 | Enzo Ferrari, Italy, sportscar manufacturer (Ferrari), dies at 90 |
| Died : | 04/17/1988 | Eva Novak, actress (Medicine Man), dies of pneumonia at 90 |
| Died : | 10/09/1988 | Felix Wankel, developer of Wankel rotary engine, dies |
| Died : | 08/01/1988 | Florence Eldridge, Broadway actress (The Swan), dies at 86 |
| Died : | 05/27/1988 | Florida Friebus, actress (Bob Newhart Show), dies at 79 of a stroke |
| Died : | 01/08/1988 | Frank Pace Jr, US Secretary of Army (1950-53), dies at 76 |
| Died : | 08/17/1988 | Franklin D Roosevelt Jr, (Rep-D-NY, 1949-55), dies on 74th birthday |
| Died : | 10/03/1988 | Franz Josef Strauss, German FR min of defense (1956-62), dies at 73 |
| Died : | 08/18/1988 | Frederick Ashton, choreographer (Cinderella), dies at 83 |
| Died : | 02/14/1988 | Frederick Loewe, US composer, dies at 86 |
| Died : | 02/02/1988 | G Mennen Williams, Supreme Court justice, dies at 76 in Detroit |
| Died : | 07/03/1988 | Gabe Dell, actor, dies at 68 of leukemia |
| Died : | 02/15/1988 | Gardiner Means, US economist, dies at 91 |
| Died : | 01/03/1988 | Gaston Eyskens, PM of Belgium (1949, 1958-61, 1968-72), dies at 82 |
| Died : | 10/03/1988 | Generoso Pope Jr, National Enquirer owner, dies at 61 |
| Died : | 09/11/1988 | George Alpert, railroad executive, dies at 90 |
| Died : | 01/14/1988 | Georgy M Malenkov, PM of USSR (1953-55), dies at 86 |
| Died : | 03/20/1988 | Gil Evans, US jazz composer/arranger, dies at 75 |
| Died : | 05/22/1988 | Giorgio Almirante, Italy, fascist (member of parliament), dies at 73 |
| Died : | 06/11/1988 | Giuseppe Saragat, president of Italy (1964-71), dies at 89 |
| Died : | 03/10/1988 | Glenn Cunningham, US world record miler, dies at 78 |
| Died : | 01/11/1988 | Gregory (Pappy) Boyington, ace WW II pilot, dies at 75 of cancer |
| Died : | 12/28/1988 | Hal Ashby, academy-award winning director dead of cancer at 59 |
| Died : | 05/24/1988 | Hamish Hamilton, publisher, dies |
| Died : | 08/28/1988 | Hazel Dawn, US singer/actress, dies at 98 |
| Died : | 02/01/1988 | Heather O'Rourke, "Poltergeist" star, dies at 12 of intestinal ailment |
| Died : | 06/02/1988 | Horace A Hildreth, (Gov-Maine, 1945-49), dies at 85 |
| Died : | 04/22/1988 | Irene Rich, US actress (Beau Brumell, Champ), dies at 96 |
| Died : | 01/11/1988 | Isidor Isaac Rabi, physicist (Nobel Prize-1944), dies at 89 |
| Died : | 08/06/1988 | J Skelly Wright, US judge (anti-segregatinist), dies at 77 |
| Died : | 04/30/1988 | James McCracken, US tenor, dies at 61 |
| Died : | 01/29/1988 | James R Killian Jr, MIT pres (1948-59), dies at 83 |
| Died : | 08/12/1988 | Jean-Michel Basquiat, US musician/graffiti painter (Gray, SAMO), dies |
| Died : | 08/11/1988 | Jean-Pierre Ponnele, opera director (Carmina Burana), dies at 56 |
| Died : | 04/11/1988 | Jeff Donnell, actor, dies at 66 of a heart attack |
| Died : | 04/01/1988 | Jim Jordan, radio's Fibber McGee, dies at 91 in a fall |
| Died : | 09/30/1988 | Joachim Prinz, author/Rabbi of Berlin (1926-37), dies at 86 |
| Died : | 03/01/1988 | Joe Besser, comedian (3's Stooges, Abbott & Costello) dies at 80 |
| Died : | 12/12/1988 | John Canning, NY Post managing editor, dies at 56 |
| Died : | 08/01/1988 | John Cardinal Dearden, US cardinal, dies at 80 |
| Died : | 11/27/1988 | John Carradine, actor, dies at 82 of kidney failure |
| Died : | 10/30/1988 | John Houseman, actor (Paper Chase), dies at 86 |
| Died : | 10/31/1988 | John Houseman, actor, dies of spinal cancer at 86 |
| Died : | 11/09/1988 | John Mitchell, former Atny Gen, dies of heart attack in Washington |
| Died : | 07/12/1988 | Joshua Logan, Broadway producer, dies at 79 of palsy |
| Died : | 05/16/1988 | Kay Baxter, Best Bodybuilder in the World (1983-85), dies at 42 |
| Died : | 10/12/1988 | Ken Murray, entertainer, dies at 85 |
| Died : | 09/12/1988 | Lauris Morstad, NATO commander/CEO Corning Fiberglass, dies at 71 |
| Died : | 01/01/1988 | Leo Steiner, NY Carnegie Deli's owner, dies |
| Died : | 06/27/1988 | Leonie Fuller Adams, US poetess (High Falcon), dies at 88 |
| Died : | 09/01/1988 | Leonor Sullivan, (Rep-D-Missouri, 1955-77), dies at 86 |
| Died : | 02/07/1988 | Lin[wood V] Carter, US, sci-fi writer (Lost World of Time), dies at 57 |
| Died : | 06/10/1988 | Louis L'Amour, western writer (Bowdrie), dies at 80 of cancer |
| Died : | 09/14/1988 | Louis Quinn, actor, dies at 73 of cancer |
| Died : | 05/16/1988 | Louise Wood, director of Girl Scouts of USA (1961-72), dies at 78 |
| Died : | 07/22/1988 | Luigi Lucioni, Italian, landscape painter (opera stars), dies at 87 |
| Died : | 09/11/1988 | Luis W Alvarez, physicist (Nobel-1968), dies at 77 |
| Died : | 12/20/1988 | Max Robinson, 1st black network (ABC) TV anchor, dies of AIDS at 49 |
| Died : | 08/24/1988 | Max Shulman, author (Dobie Gillis, Tender Trap), dies at 69 |
| Died : | 05/27/1988 | Melvin J "Cy" Oliver, US jazz composer/orchestra leader, dies at 77 |
| Died : | 10/13/1988 | Mike Venezia, jockey, dies in 5th-race fall at Belmont Race Track, NY |
| Died : | 04/03/1988 | Milton A Caniff, US cartoonist (Terry & the Pirates), dies at 81 |
| Died : | 08/17/1988 | Mohammad Zia Ul-Haq, pres of Pakistan (1978-88), dies at 63 |
| Died : | 06/11/1988 | Nathan Cook, actor (White Night), dies of an allergic reaction at 38 |
| Died : | 02/15/1988 | Neil R[onald] Jones, sf writer (Space War, Twin Worlds), dies at 78 |
| Died : | 09/19/1988 | Oren Lee Staley, 1st pres of Natl Farmers Org (1955-79), dies at 65 |
| Died : | 08/13/1988 | Otto E Passman, (Rep-D-La, 1947-77), dies at 88 |
| Died : | 09/11/1988 | Peter Tosh, reggae singer shot dead at 43 in Jamacia |
| Died : | 01/20/1988 | Philippe de Rothschild, Bordeaux Vineyard manager dies in Paris at 86 |
| Died : | 08/25/1988 | Price Daniel, (Gov/Sen-D-Texas), dies at 77 |
| Died : | 08/02/1988 | Raymond Carver, poet/short story writer (Furious Season), dies at 50 |
| Died : | 07/12/1988 | Raymond W Goldsmith, US economist, dies at 83 |
| Died : | 02/15/1988 | Richard P Feynman, physicist/author (Nobel 1965, Physical Law), dies |
| Died : | 05/08/1988 | Robert A Heinlein, sci-fi writer (Friday), dies of heart failure at 80 |
| Died : | 09/21/1988 | Robert Gwathmey, artist, dies at 85 |
| Died : | 06/21/1988 | Robert Lee "Bobby" Dodd, US football coach |
| Died : | 03/07/1988 | Robert Livingston, actor (Lone Ranger), dies at 83 of emphysema |
| Died : | 01/29/1988 | Rogier van Otterloo, composer/conductor, dies |
| Died : | 12/06/1988 | Roy Orbison, singer, dies of a massive heart attack at 52 |
| Died : | 10/27/1988 | S B Fuller, founder (Fuller products), dies at 83 |
| Died : | 07/13/1988 | Samuel L Mendel, oldest US war veteran, dies at 104 |
| Died : | 01/15/1988 | Sean MacBride, Ireland, commander of Irish Republican Army, dies at 83 |
| Died : | 03/03/1988 | Sewall Wright, US geneticist (evolution model), dies at 98 |
| Died : | 11/17/1988 | Sheilah Graham, gossip columnist, dies of heart failure at 84 |
| Died : | 05/05/1988 | Tamara Pos, Suriname/Dutch activist |
| Died : | 01/07/1988 | Trevor Howard, actor (Ryan's Daughter), dies at 71 of bronchitis |
| Died : | 08/01/1988 | Trindad Silva, of Hill St Blues, dies at 38 in an auto accident |
| Died : | 11/09/1988 | Victor Sen Yung, US, actor (Hop Sing-Bonanza/Bachelor party), dies |
| Died : | 10/11/1988 | Waylon Flowers, puppeteer, dies at 48 |
| Died : | 05/14/1988 | Willem Drees, PM of Netherland (1948-58), dies at 101 |
| Died : | 09/27/1988 | William V Shannon, US ambassador to Ireland (1977-81), dies at 61 |
| Died : | 08/17/1988 | Zia, Pakistani president & US ambassador killed in plane crash |
| Special : | 04/29/1988 | "60 Minutes" newscaster Diane Sawyer weds Mike Nichols |
| Special : | 10/27/1988 | "ET" released to home video (14 million presold) |
| Special : | 07/09/1988 | "Facts of Life," Lisa Whelchel weds Steve Cauble |
| Special : | 12/26/1988 | "Legs Diamond" starring Peter Allen opens on Broadway |
| Special : | 12/02/1988 | "Naked Gun" premieres, a movie based on TV's "Police Squad" |
| Special : | 04/25/1988 | "Nightline" goes on location to Jerusalem Israel |
| Special : | 09/13/1988 | 10th time, 4 players hit baseball major-league record grand slams |
| Special : | 02/23/1988 | 15th Winter Olympic games opens in Calgary, Alberta |
| Special : | 10/31/1988 | 1st Monday Night NFL game in Indianapolis, Colts beat Denver 55-23 |
| Special : | 09/12/1988 | 1st NFL regular-season game played in Phoenix; Cowboys beat Card |
| Special : | 02/16/1988 | 1st documented combat action by US military advisors in El Salvador |
| Special : | 02/05/1988 | 1st prime-time wrestling match in 30 yrs-Andre beats Hulk Hogan |
| Special : | 10/30/1988 | 2 gambling clubs & 1 player share 61.38 M California lotto jackpot |
| Special : | 12/22/1988 | 2 robbers wearing police uniforms rob armored truck of $3 M in NJ |
| Special : | 10/29/1988 | 2,000 US anti-abortion protesters arrested for blocking clinics |
| Special : | 07/14/1988 | 200,000 demonstrate in Soviet Armenia for incorp of Nagorno-Karabak |
| Special : | 12/07/1988 | 25,000 killed by an earthquake in Armenian SSR (6.9) |
| Special : | 10/03/1988 | 26th Space Shuttle Mission, Discovery 7 returns to Earth after 4-days |
| Special : | 09/29/1988 | 26th Space Shuttle mission, Discovery 7 launched |
| Special : | 10/19/1988 | 3 Americans win Nobel in physics; 3 W Germans win chemistry Nobel |
| Special : | 06/06/1988 | 3 giant turtles found in Bronx sewage plant |
| Special : | 12/13/1988 | 3 men end 29-hr all-466-station subway ride in NYC |
| Special : | 12/12/1988 | 3 trains collide in London, 40 die |
| Special : | 10/17/1988 | 31 reported dead as Ugandan jetliner crashes in fog near Rome |
| Special : | 05/03/1988 | 4,200 kg Colombian cocaine in seized at Tarpon Springs Florida |
| Special : | 12/02/1988 | 5 gunmen who h˜acked Soviet Aeroflot jet, surrender in Israel |
| Special : | 08/31/1988 | 5-day power blackout of downtown Seattle begins |
| Special : | 07/22/1988 | 500 US scientists pledge to boycott Pentagon germ-warfare research |
| Special : | 02/20/1988 | 500 die in heavy rains in Rio de Janeiro Brazil |
| Special : | 12/01/1988 | 596 dead after cyclone hits Bangladesh, half a million homeless |
| Special : | 12/18/1988 | 5th meeting of Giants-Jets, Jets win & eliminate Giants from playoffs |
| Special : | 12/08/1988 | 6.9 Earthquakes hit Armenia; about 60,000 die |
| Special : | 08/28/1988 | 70 killed in crash of 3 Italian AF fighters at air show in Germany |
| Special : | 09/13/1988 | 9 hard/software manufacturers announce EISA computer bus in NY |
| Special : | 11/08/1988 | 900 die as earthquake hits China |
| Special : | 11/15/1988 | 91 m radio telescope dish at Green Bank, WV collapses |
| Special : | 01/08/1988 | 9th largest NBA crowd 38,873-Chicago at Detroit |
| Special : | 04/23/1988 | A greek pedals self-powered aircraft, 74 miles |
| Special : | 10/25/1988 | ABC News reports on potbellied pygmy porkers' popularity as pets |
| Special : | 02/21/1988 | Actor Dudley Moore marries actress Brogan Lane |
| Special : | 12/04/1988 | Actor Gary Busey critically injured in motorcycle crash |
| Special : | 11/01/1988 | Actor Jeff Goldblum & actress Gena Davis wed in Las Vegas |
| Special : | 01/18/1988 | Airliner crashes in SW China, killing all 108 on board |
| Special : | 11/26/1988 | Alexander Volkov, Sergei Krikalev & Jean-Loup Chretien launch |
| Special : | 04/28/1988 | Aloha Airlines Boeing 737 roof tears off in flight; kills stewardess |
| Special : | 06/07/1988 | Aluminium contaminates Cornish England's water supply |
| Special : | 10/15/1988 | Amnesty International's Global Concert Tour ends in Buenos Aires |
| Special : | 09/02/1988 | Amnesty International's Human Rights Now! tour begins in Wembley |
| Special : | 09/30/1988 | Andrei A Gromyko retires |
| Special : | 06/12/1988 | Andy Hampton is 1st American to win Round of Italy |
| Special : | 12/20/1988 | Animal rights terrorists fire-bomb Harrod's dept store, London |
| Special : | 02/11/1988 | Anthony M Kennedy appointed to Supreme Court |
| Special : | 02/18/1988 | Anthony M Kennedy becomes a Supreme Court Justice |
| Special : | 12/13/1988 | Arafat addresses UN in Geneva |
| Special : | 12/06/1988 | Arafat meets prominent American Jews in Stockholm, Sweden |
| Special : | 01/20/1988 | Arizona committee opens hearing on impeachment of Gov Evan Mecham |
| Special : | 12/07/1988 | Armenian SSR rocked by earthquake, 8 on Richter scale (55,000 die) |
| Special : | 01/02/1988 | Ashland Oil storage tank spills 3.8 million gallons, Penn |
| Special : | 08/15/1988 | At 4PM LILCO consumers used a record 3,813 megawatts |
| Special : | 06/09/1988 | Attorney General Meese orders Joseph Doherty deported to UK |
| Special : | 08/22/1988 | Australia unveils 1st platinum coin (Koala) |
| Special : | 01/26/1988 | Australia's 200th anniversary-parade of tall ships in Sydney Harbor |
| Special : | 05/09/1988 | Australia's new parliment house is opened by Queen Elizabeth |
| Special : | 05/02/1988 | Balt Orioles sign a 15 year lease to remain in Balt & get a new park |
| Special : | 04/20/1988 | Balt Orioles worst record to start a season 0-14 (will go 0-21) |
| Special : | 04/28/1988 | Baltimore Orioles lose AL record 21 games in a row |
| Special : | 09/24/1988 | Barbara C Harris of Mass, elected 1st woman Episcopal bishop |
| Special : | 04/18/1988 | Barbra Striesand records "Warm All Over" |
| Special : | 04/21/1988 | Barbra Striesand records "You'll Never Know" |
| Special : | 01/31/1988 | Barge sinks near Anacortes, WA, spills 70,000 gallons of oil |
| Special : | 12/03/1988 | Barry Sanders wins Heisman Trophy |
| Special : | 12/01/1988 | Benazir Bhutto named 1st female PM of a Moslem country (Pakistan) |
| Special : | 11/16/1988 | Benazir Bhutto wins 1st free Pakistani elections in 11 years |
| Special : | 04/06/1988 | Black pole explorer M Henson buried next to R Peary in Arlington |
| Special : | 01/23/1988 | Bob Benoit bowls 1st 300-pt game in a televised title match |
| Special : | 02/14/1988 | Bobby Allison at 50 becomes oldest driver to win Daytona 500 |
| Special : | 02/27/1988 | Bonnie Blair (US) wins Olympic 500m speedskating in record 39.1 |
| Special : | 10/21/1988 | Boston Celtics beat Yugoslavia 113-85 in Madrid |
| Special : | 10/23/1988 | Boston Celtics play Spain in Madrid |
| Special : | 06/16/1988 | Boston Red Sox Barrett steals home |
| Special : | 06/13/1988 | Boston Red Sox are 10 games back in AL, & go on to win AL East |
| Special : | 08/12/1988 | Boston Red Sox set AL consecutive home victories at 23 |
| Special : | 07/27/1988 | Boston's worst traffic jam in 30 years |
| Special : | 10/05/1988 | Brazil adopts its Constitution |
| Special : | 02/20/1988 | Brian Boitano wins Olympic gold medal in figure skating |
| Special : | 10/19/1988 | Britain bans broadcast interviews with IRA members |
| Special : | 10/20/1988 | Britain ends suspects right to remain silent in crackdown on IRA |
| Special : | 09/28/1988 | Bronx Museum for Arts opens |
| Special : | 06/30/1988 | Brooklyn dedicates a bus depot honoring Jackie Gleason |
| Special : | 02/25/1988 | Bruce Springsteen "Tunnel of Love Tour," begins in Worcester Mass |
| Special : | 06/17/1988 | Bruce Springsteen seperates from Juliette Phillips |
| Special : | 12/17/1988 | Bryan Murray becomes 17th NHL coach to win 300 games (Wash Caps) |
| Special : | 12/27/1988 | Bulgaria stops jamming Radio Free Europe after more than 3 decades |
| Special : | 09/18/1988 | Burma suspends its constitution |
| Special : | 04/29/1988 | Burt Reynolds & Loni Anderson marry |
| Special : | 08/17/1988 | Butch Reynolds of USA sets 400m record (43.29) in Zurich |
| Special : | 08/16/1988 | Butch Reynolds runs world record 400 m (43.29) |
| Special : | 12/14/1988 | CBS' $1.1 B bid wins exclusive 1990-94 major-league baseball rights |
| Special : | 09/24/1988 | Canada's Ben Johnson runs drug-assisted 100 m in 9.79 sec |
| Special : | 09/26/1988 | Canada`s Ben Johnson stripped of his 100-m gold failing drug test |
| Special : | 01/29/1988 | Canadian Ben Johnson breaks own 50-yard dash world record at 5.15 |
| Special : | 12/30/1988 | Canadian Senate OK's free trade pact; with US |
| Special : | 10/19/1988 | Car bomb kills 7 Israelis, wounds 11 near Lebanon border |
| Special : | 07/16/1988 | Carl Lewis runs a wind-assisted 100 m in 9.78 sec |
| Special : | 07/06/1988 | Carlos Salinas de Gortari elected president of Mexico |
| Special : | 08/21/1988 | Cease fire between Iran & Iraq takes effect after 8 years of war |
| Special : | 08/25/1988 | Challenger Center opens its classroom doors in Houston |
| Special : | 06/23/1988 | Charlotte Hornets & Miami Heat begin their NBA expansion draft |
| Special : | 08/08/1988 | Chicago Cubs starts 1st home game under lights (rained-out) |
| Special : | 10/29/1988 | China announces a herbal male contraceptive |
| Special : | 11/10/1988 | China confirms earthquake death toll will rise above current 938 |
| Special : | 02/13/1988 | Christine Wachtel runs world record 800m indoor (1:56:40) |
| Special : | 11/25/1988 | Chuck Berry pays $250 fine to resolve NYC assault charges |
| Special : | 07/30/1988 | Cin Red pitcher John Franco sets a record of 13 saves in 1 month |
| Special : | 09/16/1988 | Cin Reds Tom Browning pitches a perfect game, beats Dodgers, 1-0 |
| Special : | 06/24/1988 | Cleve pitcher Doug Jones sets record of 14 consecutive saves |
| Special : | 11/02/1988 | Computers virus strikes Pentagon, SDI research lab & 6 universities |
| Special : | 10/13/1988 | Concert at Masada ends Israel's 40th-anniversary fest |
| Special : | 08/04/1988 | Congress votes $20,000 to each Japanese-American interned in WW II |
| Special : | 11/25/1988 | Convention on exploitation of Antarctic mineral resources signed |
| Special : | 02/20/1988 | Cornelia Oschkenat hurdles indoor world record 50m (6.58 sec) |
| Special : | 11/05/1988 | Cornell confirms grad student source of worst computer sabotage |
| Special : | 06/19/1988 | Coup in Haiti |
| Special : | 09/06/1988 | Crippled soviet Soyuz TM-5 lands safely with 2 cosmonauts aboard |
| Special : | 08/09/1988 | Cubs beat Mets 6-4 in their 1st official night game at Wrigley Field |
| Special : | 06/20/1988 | Curtis Strange wins US Open golf tournament |
| Special : | 11/30/1988 | Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed |
| Special : | 10/07/1988 | Dallas Green replaces Lou Pinella as NY Yankee manager |
| Special : | 10/17/1988 | Dallas Green replaces Lou Pinella as manager of NY Yankees |
| Special : | 06/19/1988 | Danny Spitz, heavy metal artist (Anthrax), weds Valerie |
| Special : | 08/01/1988 | Deep Rover 1-man research submarine unveiled at Crater Lake, Oregon |
| Special : | 04/05/1988 | Democratic convention picks Michael Dukakis as their pres candidate |
| Special : | 03/01/1988 | Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month begins (1988 only) |
| Special : | 04/09/1988 | Devils 3-0 over Islanders-Devils lead 2-1 in 1st round |
| Special : | 04/07/1988 | Devils 3-2 over Isles, 1st round tied 1-1 |
| Special : | 04/12/1988 | Devils 4-2 over Islanders-Devils lead 3-2 in 1st round |
| Special : | 04/14/1988 | Devils 6-5 over Islanders-Devils take 1st round 4-2 |
| Special : | 08/08/1988 | Discovery of most distant galaxy (15 * 10 ^ 12 light yrs) announced |
| Special : | 10/26/1988 | Donald Trump bills Mike Tyson $2,000,000 for 4 month advisory service |
| Special : | 01/08/1988 | Dow Jones down 140.58 points |
| Special : | 12/21/1988 | Drexel agrees guilt to security felonies, pays a $650 million fine |
| Special : | 08/08/1988 | Duchess of York gives birth to 6 lb 12 oz baby girl |
| Special : | 07/21/1988 | ESA's Ariane-3 launches 2 communications satellites (1 Indian) |
| Special : | 04/04/1988 | Eddie Hill becomes 1st to race a ¬ mile in under 5 seconds |
| Special : | 05/10/1988 | Edgar Degas' "Danseresje of 14" sold for $10,120,000 |
| Special : | 08/09/1988 | Edmonton Oilers trade Wayne Gretzky to LA Kings for $15-$20 millions |
| Special : | 10/22/1988 | Elton John sells out MSG for a record 26th time |
| Special : | 11/16/1988 | Estonia declares sovereignty in internal affairs |
| Special : | 04/17/1988 | Ethiopian Belayneh Densimo runs world record marathon (2:06:50) |
| Special : | 05/05/1988 | Eugene A Marino intalled as 1st black US archbishop |
| Special : | 08/18/1988 | FDA approves Minoxidil as a hair loss treatment |
| Special : | 07/29/1988 | FDIC bails out 1st Republic Bank, Dallas, with $4 billion |
| Special : | 03/16/1988 | Federal grand jury indicts North & Poindexter in Iran-Contra affair |
| Special : | 10/21/1988 | Ferdinand & Imelda Marcos indicted on racketeering charges |
| Special : | 09/23/1988 | Fiji's new constitution is proposed |
| Special : | 10/08/1988 | Fire in Seattle's Space Needle causes evacuation, $2,000 damage |
| Special : | 07/17/1988 | Florence Griffith Joyner of USA sets 100m woman's record (10.49) |
| Special : | 09/29/1988 | Florence Griffith Joyner of USA sets 200m woman's record (21.34) |
| Special : | 09/25/1988 | Florence Griffith Joyner runs Olympic record 100m in 10.54s |
| Special : | 07/16/1988 | Florence Joyner runs 100 m in women's world record 10.49 seconds |
| Special : | 12/30/1988 | Former Soviet Pres Brezhnev's son-in-law sentenced to 12-yr (bribery) |
| Special : | 04/12/1988 | Frank Robinson replaces Cal Ripkin as manager of Balt Orioles |
| Special : | 06/11/1988 | Galina Chistyakova of USSR sets long jump woman's record (24"8¬") |
| Special : | 08/11/1988 | Gary Carter (NY Mets) became 59th player to hit 300 career HR |
| Special : | 10/20/1988 | Gastineau sacks Jets, retires from football "for personal reasons" |
| Special : | 02/14/1988 | General hospital star Jackie Zeman marries Glenn Gorden |
| Special : | 11/08/1988 | George Bush (R) beats Mike Dukakis (D) for presidency |
| Special : | 06/13/1988 | George Harrison releases "This is Love" |
| Special : | 01/25/1988 | George Harrison releases "When We Was Fab" |
| Special : | 09/12/1988 | Gilbert, strongest hurricane ever (160 mph), devastates Jamaica |
| Special : | 06/17/1988 | Givens' Family reports Mike Tyson beats his wife Robin Givens |
| Special : | 08/08/1988 | Goose Gossage registers career save #300 |
| Special : | 12/07/1988 | Gorbachev announces 10% unilateral Soviet troop reductions at UN |
| Special : | 07/29/1988 | Gorbachev pushes plan electing president & parliament in March, 1989 |
| Special : | 09/27/1988 | Grand jury evidence shows Tawana Brawley fabricated rape story |
| Special : | 06/10/1988 | Greatest number of participants (31,678) on a bicycle tour (London) |
| Special : | 11/05/1988 | Gulch wins Breeder's Cup |
| Special : | 02/27/1988 | Gulfstream G-IV goes around the world 36:08:34 |
| Special : | 09/07/1988 | Guy Lafleur, Tony Esposito & Brad Park inducted in NHL Hall of Fame |
| Special : | 06/20/1988 | Haiti's general assembly dissolves |
| Special : | 02/07/1988 | Heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson marries actress Robin Givens |
| Special : | 01/22/1988 | Heavyweight champ Mike Tyson KOs former champ Larry Holmes in 4 |
| Special : | 02/13/1988 | Heike Dreschler long jumps world record indoor (7.37m) |
| Special : | 04/10/1988 | Herschel Walker performs Fort Worth Ballet |
| Special : | 08/04/1988 | Hertz car rental will pay out $23 million in consumer fraud case |
| Special : | 01/08/1988 | Hewlett-Packard introduces the HP-28S Advanced Scientific Calculator |
| Special : | 03/17/1988 | Highest scoring NCAA basketball game; Loyola-Marymnt 119, Wyoming 115 |
| Special : | 07/17/1988 | Highest temperature ever recorded in San Francisco, 103ø F (39ø C) |
| Special : | 07/28/1988 | IBM announces price hike on older models |
| Special : | 09/30/1988 | IBM announces shipment of 3 millionth PS/2 personal computer |
| Special : | 08/16/1988 | IBM introduces software for artificial intelligence |
| Special : | 08/--/1988 | IBM releases PC-DOS 4.0 |
| Special : | 08/19/1988 | Iran-Iraq begin a cease-fire in their 8-year-old war (11 PM EDT) |
| Special : | 04/10/1988 | Islanders beat Devils 5-4 (OT) 1st round tied at 2-2 |
| Special : | 10/12/1988 | Israel & China sign trade deal, plan diplomatic relations |
| Special : | 10/05/1988 | Israel bans Meir Kahane's Kach Party on grounds of racism |
| Special : | 09/19/1988 | Israel launches 1st satellite, for secret military reconnaissance |
| Special : | 01/03/1988 | Israel orders 9 Palestinian "instigators" deported from W Beirut |
| Special : | 10/18/1988 | Israel's supreme court uphold's ban on Kahane`s Kach Party as racist |
| Special : | 07/28/1988 | Israeli diplomats arrive in Moscow for 1st visit in 21 years |
| Special : | 08/28/1988 | Italian stunt flyers crashes in flames, killing 50 |
| Special : | 09/24/1988 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee of USA sets heptathlon woman's record (7,291) |
| Special : | 07/16/1988 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee sets women's hepathlete record of 7,215 pts |
| Special : | 05/02/1988 | Jackson Pollock's "Search" sold for $4,800,000 |
| Special : | 08/16/1988 | Jailed black nationalist Nelson Mandela struck with tuberculosis |
| Special : | 05/21/1988 | Jane Powell weds Dickie Moore |
| Special : | 11/06/1988 | Japan & MLB all stars played to a 6-6 draw (Game 2 of 7) |
| Special : | 11/12/1988 | Japan beats MLB All-Star team 5-4 in Tokyo (Game 6 of 7) |
| Special : | 11/05/1988 | Japan beats MLB all stars 2-1 in Tokyo (Game 1 of 7) |
| Special : | 09/08/1988 | Javier Sotomayer of Cuba high jumps world record 2.43 m (7' 11«") |
| Special : | 09/17/1988 | Jeff Reardon becomes 1st to record 40 or more saves in both AL & NL |
| Special : | 08/14/1988 | Jeff Sluman wins PGA golf tournament |
| Special : | 08/08/1988 | Jennifer Levin's parents file $25M suit against Dorrian Red Hand Bar |
| Special : | 03/07/1988 | Jim Abbott, 1-handed pitcher, wins 58th James E Sullivan Award |
| Special : | 10/29/1988 | Jim Elliott (US) begins 24-hr paced outdoor race for 548.9 mi |
| Special : | 10/30/1988 | Jim Elliott (US) completes 24-hr paced outdoor race for 548.9 mi |
| Special : | 01/16/1988 | Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder fired from CBS for racial remarks |
| Special : | 07/28/1988 | Jordan cancels $1.3 billion development plan in West Bank |
| Special : | 08/08/1988 | Jose Canseco becomes 11th to get 30 HRs & 30 steals in a season |
| Special : | 09/23/1988 | Jose Canseco becomes baseballs 1st to steal 40 bases & hit 40 HRs |
| Special : | 10/31/1988 | Journalists demand greater press freedom in Yugoslavia |
| Special : | 07/29/1988 | Judge orders NASA to release unedited tape from Challenger cockpit |
| Special : | 08/30/1988 | Julianne Philips files for divorce from Bruce Springsteen |
| Special : | 10/28/1988 | Jurors award $147,000 to Tacoma parishioner seduced by her minister |
| Special : | 09/16/1988 | Jury awards Valerie Harper $1.6 M in dispute over TV series |
| Special : | 08/09/1988 | Just 1 day after 8/8/88 NY's daily number is 888 |
| Special : | 02/29/1988 | KWK-FM in St Louis Missouri changes call letters to WKBG |
| Special : | 04/04/1988 | Kansas upsets Oklahoma for NCAA basketball title |
| Special : | 02/27/1988 | Katarina Witt (GDR) wins 2nd consecutive Olympic figure skating |
| Special : | 02/20/1988 | Kelly Hrudy's 5th Islander shut-out win-Hartford 3-0 |
| Special : | 07/30/1988 | King Hussein disolves Jordan's House of Representatives |
| Special : | 12/08/1988 | Knick's set NBA record of 11 3-pointers & sink Bucks, 113-109 |
| Special : | 09/28/1988 | LA Dodger Orel Hershiser sets record for consecutive scoreless inns |
| Special : | 10/20/1988 | LA Dodgers beat Oakland A's in world series 4 games to 1 |
| Special : | 11/19/1988 | LA Law's Corbin Bernsen marries actress Amanda Pays |
| Special : | 08/17/1988 | LIRR says Penn station will get air conditioning in 1991 |
| Special : | 09/27/1988 | Lab tests reportedly show Shroud of Turin not Christ`s burial cloth |
| Special : | 01/29/1988 | Largest NBA crowd-Boston Celtics at Detroit (61,938) |
| Special : | 04/04/1988 | Largest crowd (55,438) at a season game at Riverfront (Reds Vs Cards) |
| Special : | 08/18/1988 | Largest house (130 rooms) on Long Island sold for $22 million |
| Special : | 10/27/1988 | Larry Flynt paid hitman $1M to kill Hefner, Guccione & Sinatra |
| Special : | 07/31/1988 | Last Playboy club closes (Lansing Michigan) |
| Special : | 07/29/1988 | Last US Playboy Club (Lansing Mich) closes |
| Special : | 10/07/1988 | Latvian flag raised in Riga for 1st time since annexation by USSR |
| Special : | 10/03/1988 | Lebanese kidnappers release Mithileshwar Singh (held for 30 months) |
| Special : | 02/17/1988 | Lebanese terrorists kidnap UN truce observer Lt Col William Higgins |
| Special : | 09/15/1988 | Lillehammer, Norway upsets Anchorage to host 1994 Winter olympics |
| Special : | 06/04/1988 | Longest game in Balt Memorial Stadium (5:46) 14 inn (beat NY 7-6) |
| Special : | 01/25/1988 | Longest winless streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (15 games) |
| Special : | 12/15/1988 | Lori Davis of Long Island sues Mike Tyson for grabbing her buttocks |
| Special : | 06/21/1988 | Los Angeles beats Detroit, for NBA championship |
| Special : | 10/01/1988 | Lowest batting avg for NL champion (Tony Gwynn .313) |
| Special : | 10/17/1988 | Lyndon LaRouche pleads innocent to fraud, conspiracy indictment |
| Special : | 11/09/1988 | MLB All-Star team beat Japan 8-2 in Nishinomya, (Game 4 of 7) |
| Special : | 11/10/1988 | MLB All-Star team beats Japan 3-1 in Tokyo (Game 5 of 7) |
| Special : | 11/07/1988 | MLB all stars beats Japan 16-8 (Game 3 of 7) |
| Special : | 08/29/1988 | Macy's Tap-o-Mania sets Guiness record |
| Special : | 01/03/1988 | Margaret Thatcher becomes longest-serving British PM this century |
| Special : | 07/12/1988 | Margo Adams alleges Red Sox Wade Bogg's "Delta Force" revenge plan |
| Special : | 06/03/1988 | Margo Adams sues Red Sox 3rd baseman Wade Boggs for palimony |
| Special : | 05/11/1988 | Mario Andretti records fastest Indianapolis 500 lap (221.565 mph) |
| Special : | 08/05/1988 | Mario Biaggi (Rep-D-NY) convicted of racketeering resigns seat |
| Special : | 04/03/1988 | Mario Lemieux wins NHL scoring title, stopping Gretsky 7 year streak |
| Special : | 05/23/1988 | Maryland stops sale of cheap pistols on Jan 1, 1990 |
| Special : | 08/16/1988 | Mayor Koch says he plans to wipe out street-corner windshield washers |
| Special : | 08/11/1988 | Meir Kahane renounced US citizenship to stay in Israeli Parliament |
| Special : | 12/30/1988 | Mercedes-Benz pays $20.2-M fine failed to meet '86 govt fuel standard |
| Special : | 11/02/1988 | Mexican radio station erronously reports Mike Tyson dies in car crash |
| Special : | 07/31/1988 | Miami Dolphins beat SF 49ers 27-21 in London |
| Special : | 01/01/1988 | Miami beats Oklahoma for college football championship |
| Special : | 07/20/1988 | Michael Dukakis selected Democratic presidential nominee |
| Special : | 07/16/1988 | Michael J Fox marries Tracy Pollan |
| Special : | 10/28/1988 | Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen gives $10 million to U Wash library |
| Special : | 06/17/1988 | Microsoft releases MS DOS 4.0 |
| Special : | 05/20/1988 | Mike Schmidt hits his 535th HR, moving into 8th place |
| Special : | 07/14/1988 | Mike Schmidt passes Mickey Mantle with his 537th HR into 7th place |
| Special : | 08/23/1988 | Mike Tyson & Mitch Green brawl at 4 A.M. in Harlem |
| Special : | 06/27/1988 | Mike Tyson KOs Michael Spink in 91 seconds, in Atlantic City ($67m) |
| Special : | 10/14/1988 | Mike Tyson countersues Robin Givens for divorce & annulment |
| Special : | 09/04/1988 | Mike Tyson crashes a silver BMW into a tree near Catskills NY |
| Special : | 07/11/1988 | Mike Tyson hires Donald Trump as an advisor |
| Special : | 06/28/1988 | Mike Tyson sues to break contract with manager Bill Cayton |
| Special : | 09/21/1988 | Mike Tyson threatens a TV reporter in NJ |
| Special : | 10/02/1988 | Mike Tyson wrecks furniture in his Bernardsville Mansion |
| Special : | 12/07/1988 | Mikhail Gorbachev cheered by Wall St crowds upon arrival in NYC |
| Special : | 12/06/1988 | Milwaukee Bucks win their 1,000th NBA game (2nd fastest) |
| Special : | 08/08/1988 | Minn Twins pull 2nd triple-play of year & beat Cleve 6-2 |
| Special : | 08/12/1988 | Movie "Last Temptation of Christ" is released |
| Special : | 01/02/1988 | Mulroney & Reagan sign Canada-US free trade agreement |
| Special : | 02/08/1988 | NASA launches DOD-2 |
| Special : | 03/25/1988 | NASA launches space vehicle S-206 |
| Special : | 04/25/1988 | NASA launches space vehicle S-211 |
| Special : | 06/15/1988 | NASA launches space vehicle S-213 |
| Special : | 08/25/1988 | NASA launches space vehicle S-214 |
| Special : | 12/19/1988 | NASA unviels plans for lunar colony & manned missions to Mars |
| Special : | 12/14/1988 | NBA's Miami Heat wins 1st game ever, 89-88 (Clippers), after 17 loses |
| Special : | 12/01/1988 | NBC bids record $401M to capture rights to 1992 Barcelona Olympics |
| Special : | 08/22/1988 | NBC premieres "Later" with Bob Costas (1st guest Linda Ellerbee) |
| Special : | 12/20/1988 | NBC signs lease to stay in NYC, 33 more years |
| Special : | 10/15/1988 | NCAA record rushing yardage (768 yards-Oklahoma) |
| Special : | 01/16/1988 | NFL St Louis Cardinals announce move to Phoenix |
| Special : | 03/15/1988 | NFL's St Louis Cardinals officially move to Phoenix |
| Special : | 04/20/1988 | NJ Devils 1st playoff hat trick-Eric Broten |
| Special : | 04/30/1988 | NJ Devils beat Caps 3-2 taking 7th game of Patrick Division final |
| Special : | 04/03/1988 | NJ Devils beat Chicago to clinch their 1st ever playoff spot |
| Special : | 10/14/1988 | NJ Devils raise their 1st pennant (Patrick Div Playoff Champs) |
| Special : | 04/28/1988 | NJ Devils set all time playoff mark for penalty minutes |
| Special : | 04/06/1988 | NJ Devils' 1st playoff game; lose to Isles 4-3 (OT) in 1st round |
| Special : | 07/--/1988 | NL beats AL 2-1 in 59th All Star Game |
| Special : | 09/07/1988 | NY Daily News reports boxer Mike Tyson is seeing a psychatrist |
| Special : | 10/24/1988 | NY Islander's & NHL high scorer, Mike Bossy retires |
| Special : | 12/17/1988 | NY Islanders break 12 game losing streak, beat Devils 5-2 |
| Special : | 03/31/1988 | NY Islanders celebrate Denis Potvin night |
| Special : | 03/10/1988 | NY Islanders celebrate Mike Bossy night |
| Special : | 12/07/1988 | NY Islanders fire Simpson, Arbour new coach |
| Special : | 12/01/1988 | NY Islanders greatest shutout lose (8-0) vs St Louis Blues |
| Special : | 10/30/1988 | NY Jets finally beat Pittsburgh Steelers for 1st time |
| Special : | 04/30/1988 | NY Knights 1st arena football game beats Cobras 60-52 (10,157 in LA) |
| Special : | 08/19/1988 | NY Rangers sign ex-Canadien great Guy LaFluer |
| Special : | 04/30/1988 | NY Yank Dave Winfield gets his 29th RBI of April-Sets AL & ties ML Rec |
| Special : | 12/09/1988 | NY Yanks sell all TV rights to cable network in $500 M deal |
| Special : | 12/21/1988 | NY bound Pan Am jumbo jet explodes over Scotland all 258 aboard die |
| Special : | 11/10/1988 | NY's MTA announces it may replace tokens with credit card type passes |
| Special : | 08/17/1988 | NYC 1st case of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (9 year old Bronx boy) |
| Special : | 02/29/1988 | NYC Mayor Koch calls Reagan a "WIMP" in the war on drugs |
| Special : | 12/12/1988 | NYC Subway system adds new stations (Z line) |
| Special : | 06/20/1988 | NYC WABC-AM becomes flagship radio station of NJ Devils |
| Special : | 08/15/1988 | NYC begins $70 million program to rebuild 900 Bronx apartments |
| Special : | 11/30/1988 | NYC furrier sues Mike Tyson for $92,000 for non payment of purchase |
| Special : | 09/26/1988 | NYC's Rockefeller Center declared a national landmark |
| Special : | 02/29/1988 | Nazi document implicates Waldheim in WW II deportations |
| Special : | 08/12/1988 | Nelson Mandela is treated for tuberculosis at hospital |
| Special : | 07/06/1988 | North Sea oil platform Piper Alpha explodes, 166 die |
| Special : | 12/30/1988 | North subpoenas Reagan & Bush as defense witnesses for upcoming trial |
| Special : | 08/06/1988 | Oakland A's Jose Canseco becomes 11th to hit 30 HRs & steal 30 bases |
| Special : | 10/06/1988 | Oakland A's sweep Boston Red Sox in 4 games for AL pennant |
| Special : | 12/19/1988 | Oklahoma's College football team gets 3 year probation |
| Special : | 11/11/1988 | Oldest known insect fossils (390 million yrs) reported in Science |
| Special : | 11/10/1988 | Orel Hershiser wins NL Cy Young award unanimously |
| Special : | 10/16/1988 | Orel Hirsheiser, 1st to pitch shutout in playoff & world series |
| Special : | 04/29/1988 | Orioles beat White Sox 9-0 for 1st 1988 win after 21 loses |
| Special : | 11/15/1988 | PLO proclaims State of Palestine, recognizes Israeli existence |
| Special : | 11/03/1988 | Pakistan claims it downed Afghan warplane |
| Special : | 02/05/1988 | Panamanian Gen Manuel Noriega indicted by US grant jury for drugs |
| Special : | 02/04/1988 | Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega indicted on drug charges |
| Special : | 02/28/1988 | Pat Verbeek beomces 1st NJ Devil to score 4 goals in an NHL game |
| Special : | 02/20/1988 | Peter Kalikow purchases NY Post from Rupert Murdoch for #37.6 million |
| Special : | 10/17/1988 | Phillip Morris announces $11 Billion tender offer for Kraft |
| Special : | 09/04/1988 | Phoenix Cardinals play 1st regular-season NFL game |
| Special : | 11/28/1988 | Picasso's "Acrobat & Harlequin" sells for $38.46 million |
| Special : | 10/04/1988 | Pillsbury stock soars $18.37 to $57.37 on takeover bid |
| Special : | 11/26/1988 | Pioneer 6's closest approach to Earth since 1965 launch (1.87 M km) |
| Special : | 10/02/1988 | Police breakup domestic disturbance between Mike Tyson & Robin Givens |
| Special : | 09/26/1988 | Polish communist party picks propaganda chief Rakowski as new PM |
| Special : | 12/16/1988 | Political cult leader Lyndon LaRouche convicted of tax, mail fraud |
| Special : | 03/01/1988 | Pontiac announces the end of the Fiero automobile |
| Special : | 05/24/1988 | Power outage in Boston Garden in NHL's Stanley Cup finals |
| Special : | 03/09/1988 | President Reagan presides at unveiling of Knute Rockne stamp |
| Special : | 06/20/1988 | Price is Right model Janice Pennington is knocked out by a TV camera |
| Special : | 03/31/1988 | Pulitzer prize awarded to Toni Morrison for "Beloved" |
| Special : | 03/24/1988 | Quarterback Dan Fouts retires |
| Special : | 07/27/1988 | Radio Shack announces Tandy 1000 SL computer |
| Special : | 08/02/1988 | Raymond Acevedo is retired from singing group Menudo |
| Special : | 11/03/1988 | Reagan signs credit-card disclosure-bill |
| Special : | 05/19/1988 | Red Sox retire Bobby Doerr's #1 |
| Special : | 08/08/1988 | Renovated Central Park Zoo reopens after 4 years |
| Special : | 08/18/1988 | Republican Convention in New Orleans select Bush-Quayle ticket |
| Special : | 08/06/1988 | Rich Gossage 300th career save (beats Phillies) |
| Special : | 08/12/1988 | Richard Thornburgh becomes US Attorney General |
| Special : | 05/21/1988 | Risen Star wins Preakness |
| Special : | 02/20/1988 | Rob Druppers runs world record 1000m indoor (2:16.2) |
| Special : | 10/01/1988 | Robert Englund, the actor who plays Freddie Kruger weds Nancy Booth |
| Special : | 03/25/1988 | Robin Givens demands full access to husband Mike Tyson's money |
| Special : | 10/07/1988 | Robin Givens files for divorce after 8-month marriage to Mike Tyson |
| Special : | 11/16/1988 | Robin Givens sues Mike Tyson for $125 million for libel |
| Special : | 10/17/1988 | Rockin Robin beats "Sensational" Sherri Martel for WWF woman's title |
| Special : | 10/19/1988 | Roxette releases "Roxette Look Sharp!" album |
| Special : | 08/08/1988 | Russian troops begin pull out of Afghanistan after 9 year war |
| Special : | 10/19/1988 | S Afr anti-apartheid leader Sisulu wins $100,000 Human Rights prize |
| Special : | 12/02/1988 | STS-27 Atlantis launched (Secret military mission) |
| Special : | 07/16/1988 | San Antonio (Texas League) beats Jackson 1-0 in 26 innings |
| Special : | 12/12/1988 | Sandra Miller of Queens sues Mike Tyson for sexual harassment |
| Special : | 07/23/1988 | Saskatchewan's Dave Ridgway kicks record 8 field goals vs Edmonton |
| Special : | 12/18/1988 | Seattle Seahawks win their 1st ever division title with 9-7 record |
| Special : | 08/08/1988 | Sec of State Shultz narrowly escapes assassin attempt in Bolivia |
| Special : | 09/07/1988 | Security & Exchange Comm accuses Drexel of violating security laws |
| Special : | 10/19/1988 | Senate passes bill curbing ads during children`s TV shows |
| Special : | 09/27/1988 | Senate votes for major federal tax code changes |
| Special : | 07/18/1988 | Shooting begins on "Licence to Kill" |
| Special : | 12/05/1988 | Shuttle Atlantis launches world's 1st nuclear-war-fighting satellite |
| Special : | 04/02/1988 | Simply Majestic sets horseracing's 1-1/8 mile record at 1:45 |
| Special : | 08/03/1988 | Skip Storch swims 246 km of Hudson River from Albany to NYC |
| Special : | 08/08/1988 | South Africa declares cease-fire in Angola |
| Special : | 12/22/1988 | South Africa signs accord granting independence to South-West Africa |
| Special : | 07/29/1988 | South African govt bans anti-apartheid film "Cry Freedom" |
| Special : | 02/25/1988 | South Korea adopts constitution |
| Special : | 12/29/1988 | Soviet Red Army Team edges NY Islanders, 3-2 at Nassau Coliseum |
| Special : | 11/03/1988 | Soviet Union agrees to allow teaching of Hebrew |
| Special : | 07/07/1988 | Soviet Union launches Phobos 1 to probe Martian moon (unsuccessful) |
| Special : | 11/15/1988 | Soviet space shuttle makes unmanned maiden flight (2 orbits) |
| Special : | 10/29/1988 | Soviets 1st scheduled shuttle launch (postponed) |
| Special : | 05/15/1988 | Soviets begin withdrawl in Afghanistan |
| Special : | 11/30/1988 | Soviets stop jamming Radio Liberty; 1st time in 38 yrs |
| Special : | 12/14/1988 | Spanish General strike to protest austerity measures |
| Special : | 09/11/1988 | Sports Aid-jogging to feed the world |
| Special : | 11/01/1988 | Staten Island ferry gets 1st pay phones |
| Special : | 07/04/1988 | Steffan Edberg beats Boris Becker for Wimbledon crown |
| Special : | 09/10/1988 | Steffi Graf wins US Open, 1st woman Grand Slam since Court (1970) |
| Special : | 07/02/1988 | Steffi Graff beats Martina Navratilova for Wimbledon crown |
| Special : | 11/06/1988 | Steve Jones wins NY men's marathon; Grete Waitz 9th women's title |
| Special : | 07/08/1988 | Stevie Wonder announces he will run for mayor of Detroit in 1992 |
| Special : | 11/07/1988 | Sugar Ray Leonard KO's Donnie LaLonde |
| Special : | 01/31/1988 | Super Bowl XXII-Redskins beat Broncos 42-10 |
| Special : | 10/22/1988 | Supreme Ct Justice Sandra Day O'Connor OK after breast cancer surgery |
| Special : | 02/24/1988 | Supreme Ct votes 8-0 Jerry Falwell cannot collect for Hustler parody |
| Special : | 08/02/1988 | System Enhancement Assoc settles case with PKware (ARC vs PKARC) |
| Special : | 02/21/1988 | Televangelist Jimmy Swaggert confesses his sins to his congregation |
| Special : | 08/08/1988 | Temperature hits high of 88 on 8/8/88 in NYC |
| Special : | 08/30/1988 | Tennis star Chris Everett weds skier Andy Mills |
| Special : | 09/16/1988 | Tom Browning of Cincinnati Reds pitches a perfect game against LA |
| Special : | 06/01/1988 | Train crash in Zeeland, kills 2 |
| Special : | 10/17/1988 | Traveling Wilbury's 1st release "Handle With Care" |
| Special : | 10/24/1988 | Traveling Wilburys Volume One is released |
| Special : | 12/22/1988 | Tug hits oil barge, spreads 231,000 gal on 300 mi of WA & BC coast |
| Special : | 10/24/1988 | Typhoon Ruby sinks Philippine ferry; hundreds drown |
| Special : | 11/30/1988 | UN General Assembly (151-2) censures US for refusing PLO's Arafat visa |
| Special : | 08/10/1988 | UN estimates Asia's population hit 3 billion |
| Special : | 09/29/1988 | UN peacekeeping forces win Nobel Peace prize |
| Special : | 12/02/1988 | UN votes 151-2 (Isr & US) to move PLO debate to Geneva, Brit abstains |
| Special : | 07/24/1988 | US & Jamacia play scoreless tie, in 2nd round of 1990 world soccer cup |
| Special : | 11/25/1988 | US & Soviet chess grand masters Donaldson & Akhmilovskaya wed |
| Special : | 12/28/1988 | US 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals affirms Yonkers is guilty of racism |
| Special : | 06/13/1988 | US Supreme Court refuses to hear Yonkers argument they aren't racist |
| Special : | 05/16/1988 | US Supreme Court rules trash may be searched without a warrant |
| Special : | 07/03/1988 | US Vincennes in Strait of Hormoez shoots Iran Airbus A300, kills 290 |
| Special : | 12/14/1988 | US agrees to talk to Palestine Liberation Org (1st time in 13 yrs) |
| Special : | 04/09/1988 | US imposes economic sanctions on Panama |
| Special : | 07/04/1988 | US navy shoots down Iranian civilian jetliner over Gulf, kills 290 |
| Special : | 09/26/1988 | US space shuttle STS-26 launched |
| Special : | 09/09/1988 | US swamps New Zealand at 27th America`s Cup: NZ set to appeal |
| Special : | 10/26/1988 | US-Soviet effort free 2 grey whales from frozen Arctic, Barrow, AK |
| Special : | 12/17/1988 | USS Tennessee, 1st sub to carry Trident 2 missiles, commissioned |
| Special : | 01/11/1988 | USSR announces it will participate in the Seoul Summer Olympics |
| Special : | 08/29/1988 | USSR launches 3 cosmonauts (Valery Polyakav, 1 Afghan) to station Mir |
| Special : | 07/12/1988 | USSR launches Phobos II for Martian orbit |
| Special : | 12/19/1988 | Unexploded WW II bomb found in Frankfurt, Germany-5,000 evacuated |
| Special : | 09/29/1988 | Union Station reopens in Wash DC |
| Special : | 01/29/1988 | United Airlines Boeing 747SP, circles world in 36h54m15s |
| Special : | 12/29/1988 | Victorian Post Office Museum in Australia closes |
| Special : | 12/21/1988 | Vladimir Titov & Musa Manarov return to earth (a year) with Chretien |
| Special : | 10/03/1988 | WBMW-FM, Wash DC changes calls to WJFK & begins airing Howard Stern |
| Special : | 09/20/1988 | Wade Boggs is 1st player to get 200 hits for 6 consecutive seasons |
| Special : | 02/09/1988 | Wales Conference beats Campbell Conference 6-5 in NHL All Star Game |
| Special : | 11/02/1988 | Walt Weiss wins AL rookie of year (3rd straight for Oakland A's) |
| Special : | 12/10/1988 | Washington Capitals 1st NHL scoreless tie, vs Mont Canadiens |
| Special : | 03/01/1988 | Wayne Gretsky passes Gordie Howe with his record 1,050th NHL assist |
| Special : | 07/16/1988 | Wayne Gretzky (NHL) & Janet Jones (Police Acad 5) wed in Edmonton |
| Special : | 11/23/1988 | Wayne Gretzky scores his 600th NHL goal |
| Special : | 11/25/1988 | Widespread earthquake hits NE US, Canada; no damage reported |
| Special : | 07/31/1988 | Willie Stargell became 200th man inducted in Baseball's Hall of Fame |
| Special : | 01/12/1988 | Willie Stargell, elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame |
| Special : | 07/28/1988 | Winnie Mandella's home in Soweto, South Africa destroyed by arson |
| Special : | 05/07/1988 | Winning Colors becomes 3rd filly to win Kentucky Derby |
| Special : | 06/17/1988 | Women sentenced to 90 years in 1st product tampering murder case |
| Special : | 04/30/1988 | World Exposition, Expo 88 opens in Brisbane Australia |
| Special : | 07/06/1988 | Wrestler Jake Roberts convicted of battery |
| Special : | 06/23/1988 | Yank manager Billy Martin's 5th term ends, Lou Pinella named manager |
| Special : | 11/23/1988 | Yankees sign free agent 2nd-baseman Steve Sax to 3-year contract |
| Special : | 07/28/1988 | Yanks' Tommy John makes 3 errors on 1 play yet beats Brewers 16-3 |
| Special : | 08/20/1988 | Yordanka Donkova of Bulgaria sets 100m hurdle woman's record (12.21) |
| Special : | 08/21/1988 | Yordanka Donkova runs world record 100 m hurdles (12.21) |
| Special : | 02/02/1988 | 59øF highest temperature for this date in NYC |
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